Dang! 5 minutes and everything changes!

I was following livescores of both the soccer match of the FA Cup Final between Manchester United and Chelsea and the semifinal tennis match between Nadal and Hewitt.

Man U and Chelsea were 0-0 and playing extra time and then within 5 minutes, Chelsea scored. Bleahz! and they went on to win the cup.

and then, Hewitt, who was playing well against Nadal today also lost. (Can't someone just break Nadal's clay streak?)

Sports results not going my way that's all... :)

Having some kind of 'blogstipation' here... Topics pop out and then discarded, ideas drift in and out and I can't seem to string proper sentences together. This is going to be a rambling post, with loads of mished and mashed thoughts...

Watched the Korean movie, 200 pounds Beauty last week. Of plastic surgery and attaining beauty. Would only pretty girls find happiness? Do all men look at girls so shallowly? I think this is a pretty good movie. Do you lose yourself in the process of achieving something? Is beauty all that matters? The topics discussed in this movie is nothing new, but I do like how it is presented.

On another note, been here for almost 2 months. (2 more days to my 2nd month here). Happily settled in, loving life. Now, I am wishing my last 2 months here will be longer...

From balking at the price of groceries on my first day to just indifference and acceptance now.
Got use to walking almost everywhere.
Ich kann kochen (I can cook) - and pretty decently I must say. hahaha...
From travelling here with locals I barely know, to meeting new friends from other countries.

And more importantly, living a psuedo jet-setting lifestyle. I've been out almost every weekend since I've arrived. And out means out of the country or the small town I am in. I just think.. how much this would change when I go back to Singapore - I mean I don't even travel out of Singapore every year - not to mention every weekend!

Is there such a thing as over travelling?

Meanwhile, everyday, or every trip is a new experience.

My first week in St Gallen - surviving without my laptop adaptor, getting used to life here.
To Paris, I took my first night train, alone.
At Saentis, I experienced my first time on a snowcapped mountain.
To Munich, the uneasy feeling of walking around a concentration camp.
In Vienna, got back into a big city. A mix of magnificent historical buildings and a busy shopping street.
In Berlin, went for my first tennis tournament - seeing the big name stars upclose and a spat of fan-girling.


And in Switzerland, just the wonderful, wonderful scenary. I'm so going to miss the mountains and lakes - sights I would never fail to spot on a train ride.

Heh... Spent a lazy sat afternoon at home, researching for my Paris trip, just settling my courses and now, I'm watching Tennis now... Some final live featuring Justine Henin and Serena Williams. hahaha... Life is good...

I feel domesticated again. Clothes washing downstairs, i cooked 'dunch' - Potato with mince meat and rice... Nowadays, I just cook like one dish - either a soup or sth with gravy and eat it with a staple.

Went to a party in Zurich yesterday. Happening hor? Alcohol is like almost free here lar... When you order like a mix, they put like one-third alcohol into the cup. It's damn strong lar... But I took a beer... hahaha.. dun wanna get wasted in Zurich. I still have to take a train back to St Gallen. Then the music was a bit weird. Like the DJ was supposed to be playing some hip-hop and R&B. It was some weird song lar. Nothing like R&B at all. Then there was some goth like band who played some weird songs too... Then caught the 1 am train back to St Gallen and reached backed at 3 plus and it was SUPER COLD!!! Stayed over at a friend's place cause I dun wanna walk back at night. Had tea and bathed. Slept at 5 and woke up at 10. Missed the trip to Bern though. Nvm.. I'll go another day...

Heh.. some updates.. going to Paris from 4th to 8th April.

Packing is still incomplete cause I haven't touched it since I stacked it up a couple of days ago.

Well, haven't been blogging about this, but as the Australian Open - the first grand slam of the year draws to a close (finals being played over the next 2 days), I'm thinking if I should go watch the French Open when I happen to be in the region some time in May. Wahahahs... Allow me to indulge in a little tennis ramble...

Maybe cause Justine Henin (formerly Henin-Hardenne) didn't play this year, I haven't been as avid fan as I could be. Everything seems a little flat. Like how things do not seem that competitive especially in the later stages where things were supposed to heat up.

Andy Roddick, who had been playing well in the earlier rounds lost meekly to Roger Federer, 6-4, 6-0, 6-2 *ouch~!~*

Or that the woman final is being contested by 2 great players (Maria Sharapova vs. Serena Williams), but who both just happens to be not my cup of tea. Sigh... I still think Maria is over-rated. Yes... she's young, majority of the world thinks she's pretty, she does play rather impressive tennis.. but no... something about her just irks me. Maybe it's how she seems to *diao* her opponents, her being the media and sponsor's darling...

But I do like the 2 finalists for the men finals though...

Fernando Gonzalez of Chile

Roger Federer of Switz (Woots!)

My brain says Fed would win but my heart says Gonzo.

Ok.. enough tennis talk... tis late...

... and Happy Birthday Fran!!!